Management of lesions of the pituitary stalk and hypothalamus

Endocrinologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-51

  Lipscombe, Lorraine ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^b   Ezzat, Shereen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFUNDIBULUM; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037243877     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-200301000-00009     Document Type: Review

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